Registered Nurse RN - House Supervisor

Trinity Health•Saint Joseph, MI

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The House Administrator coordinates personnel and other resources to meet the organization’s patient care needs in a cost-effective manner. The role collaborates in crisis management, interprets policies and procedures, and supports timely, effective communication among individuals and departments. On the designated shift, the House Administrator represents organizational leadership across venues and collaborates in making decisions on behalf of the leadership team. The position provides leadership and support across outpatient care, emergency, inpatient, and operative services. The House Administrator assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates patient care; guides and supervises nursing personnel; coordinates ancillary staff; and collaborates with health care professionals. The role serves as an organizational resource and teacher, mentors and supports newer staff, facilitates communication, and advances nursing and organizational initiatives. It also assumes delegated accountability for operations and staffing from Nurse Managers and models expert, contemporary, evidence-based nursing practice aligned with ANA standards of care and Relationship Based Care. The posting describes a 12-hour night shift, 12 hours per week, with weekend and holiday rotation, and an opportunity to maintain an additional 24 hours per week as a bedside RN in an inpatient unit. It also describes the position as full-time and benefited, scheduled for 36 hours per week.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Michigan.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
At least three years of progressively responsible related work experience, including direct patient care, staff education, staff supervision, and problem solving of unit or organizational issues.
At least one year of related critical care practice experience.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate delegation, organization, and coordination skills while remaining visible and accessible to staff and ensuring timely availability of resources across patient-care areas.
Respond to codes, patient falls, emergencies, and workplace violence events, ensuring appropriate support and protocols are followed.
Monitor hospital operations using information from electronic systems and personal communications.
Conduct unit rounds to identify patient and colleague needs and implement solutions independently or with managers, unit leadership, or administrators.
Allocate and redirect resources to support safe, high-quality patient care, considering acuity, patient and unit requirements, and staff skill mix.
Lead and serve as a resource for patient flow and throughput.
Collaborate with the patient resource manager and physician leadership on flow priorities.
Assist with bed placement as needed and coordinate routine admissions from scheduled, direct, and emergency department sources.
Establish effective communication with care management, medical staff, and the interdisciplinary team.
Initiate a high-occupancy response plan as needed.
Coordinate organizational responses to high census and collaborate with relevant departments and leaders to execute capacity-management plans.
Represent THAA Administration in-house to patients and families.
Support patient relations in addressing complaints from patients, families, staff, and physicians.
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for a group of patients; guide and supervise nursing personnel; collaborate with health care professionals; and coordinate ancillary staff.
Mentor and support newer staff, facilitate communication, and assist in advancing nursing and organizational initiatives.
Model evidence-based nursing practice and promote ANA standards of care and Relationship Based Care.